- From: Bugbee, Larry <Larry.Bugbee@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:38:08 -0700
- To: "'reagle@w3.org'" <reagle@w3.org>
- Cc: "'w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org'" <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
Joseph et al,
Continuing my earlier post...
4. Are there plans to support signatures lesser than "digital"?
Some jurisdictions give legal standing to, and differentiate
between, digital signatures and electronic signatures. A
digital signature is typically cryptographically strong while
an electronic signature may be nothing more than a digitized
graphic of a handwritten signature. No interesting
cryptography may be involved and the burden of proof may be
on the relying party, but electronic signatures have legal
standing. Will there be a way to programmatically recognize
electronic signatures?
Larry
Received on Wednesday, 16 June 1999 16:38:16 UTC